Efforts to solve the North Korea nuclear and abduction issues are at a standstill. One reason for this impasse is that China is using a...
In the two years since President Donald Trump declared his vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, the United States government has released numerous documents...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is wavering on his strategy in the international community. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democratic Party with its strong support base has...
China has a long history of distorting its own long history. While civilizations everywhere bend the historical narrative to their own purposes, justifying and even...
Three decades after the Chinese Communist government’s brutal attack on unarmed demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square — belying its name of Gate of Heavenly...
A couple of potential crises have been evolving in the Western Pacific region simultaneously since early 2018. These emerging jeopardies pose urgent threats to the...
Author Jonathan Manthorpe, a Canadian citizen with decades of residence in Asia as a foreign correspondent, has chosen his title well. Despite its cuddly...
China, which in 2018 celebrated the 40th anniversary of the “reform and opening up” program launched by Deng Xiaoping, will mark the 70th anniversary of...
Near my apartment in Kyoto is a Shinto shrine of ancient origins which is known for a sacred well and its healing waters. I often...
FIPA — the Free Indo-Pacific Alliance — has begun giving persecuted minorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) a chance to tell the world...
A recent series of outrageous editorials in The Global Times, an English-language tabloid affiliated with The People’s Daily, the official organ of the Chinese Communist...
Australia is exercising new vigilance against the threat of China’s influence in Australian politics. The Australian Parliament in late November passed legislation banning all...